Someone at Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) came up with a brilliant idea: rather than causing or contributing to damaging fires when the weather turns dry and windy, they will shut off power to over 800,000 of its customers. For how long? They don’t know—it...
by Alan Jacobson The following article appeared in the Summer 2019 issue of Suspense Magazine. Posted here with permission. The findings have been tabulated and the data parsed. The results of the Authors Guild landmark years-long study on author income trends are...
California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced plans to sign an executive order suspending the death penalty. While there hasn’t been an execution in the state since 2006, there are over 700 inmates on death row. How serious is the governor about this? He ordered that...
Rare Bird Books, 2018 (trade paperback, eBook)Brilliance Audio, 2019 (audiobook) It’s no secret that authors have a love-hate relationship with Hollywood. The oft-repeated cliché that “the book was better than the movie” holds true for more reasons than the average...
Following are topics designed to provide a stimulating discussion—but be careful…if you have not read Dark Side of the Moon yet, the questions below contain spoilers: 1) What did you enjoy most about Dark Side of the Moon? 2) Was the plot engaging? Did the story...
If there’s one article you read about publishing this year, this should be it ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN SUSPENSE MAGAZINE (November/December 2018 issue) By Alan Jacobson and Peter Hildick-Smith USA Today bestselling author Alan Jacobson has been writing novels...
I’ve been a Mets fan for 49 years. (I feel old just typing that.) I’ve seen scores of players come and go. Some made their mark, while most didn’t. David Wright obviously did—not only in the record books but in the hearts of baseball fans, Mets fans, and his fellow...
Simon & Schuster/Pocket Books, 1999 (hardcover) Smith Cabot (trade paperback) Open Road (eBook) Are you really innocent until proven guilty? Dr. Phillip Madison has everything: wealth, power, and an impeccable reputation. But in the pre-dawn hours of a quiet...
Choosing the proper names for my characters is something I have focused on my entire career–which now spans more than two decades. I remember reading books early on where the character names were so close to one another that I got mixed up who was who. As a...
Martini Productions’ Jess O’Brien talks with Alan Jacobson about his new OPSIG Team Black thriller, Dark Side of the Moon. Check out Alan’s book trailers and other interviews, including four with FBI profiler Mark Safarik, by clicking...
